With its 44 hectars (109 acres) surrounded by 5 kms of walls, The Vatican is the smallest country in the world, ruled by a king and a college of cardinals officially established as a state in 1929 following the signing of the Lateran Agreement between Benito Mussolini and Pope Pius XI which clarified the dispute raised after theContinue reading “Pictures from The Vatican”
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Pontifical Foundry Marinelli
In Agnone, Abruzzo, the tradition of merging and forging the metals is 2500 years old. The area had been inhabited by the Samnites since the Bronze Age and later taken by the Romans by the 3rd century BC. During the Middle Age, probably due to the conventual nature of the rich and industrious city, itContinue reading “Pontifical Foundry Marinelli”
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